Multiplication chart, Multiply single digits crocodile game - Multiplying and dividing can be intimidating for many kids who are still cementing their grip on adding and subtracting, but the experience of learning how to multiply, on the kids’ part, can be made much easier by using stimulating exercises like games to introduce the topic.
Lessons on multiplication typically approach the concept as an operation of repeated addition. By using visual representations of multiples of various numbers, the topic can be significantly easier for children to understand.
Kids also enjoy a little fantasy – their imaginations are all over the place, after all. As parents and teachers, you can spice up your kids’ multiplication lesson with a crocodile-themed game.
This multiplication crocodile game can be an effective way to practice multiplying single-digit numbers. It might even come in handy in helping students commit the multiplication table to memory – a truly useful advantage over their peers as they wade their way into more advanced mathematics.
Instructions
Our hero, a perky young frog, is on its way home. However, it has to leap through several lily pads and obstacles before reaching sanctuary. Several of its froggy neighbors are there to greet it as it passes by, although pesky critters like crocodiles and flamingos are lying in wait to drive the frog back… or gobble it up.
Kids decide how many leaps the frog takes in a turn through rolling a die. Throughout the activity, they must also answer a dozen basic problems on multiplication. The crocodiles dislike frogs who aren’t good in math; answering a question correctly will lead the frog to move back two paces to avoid disapproving crocs.